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-i "'; t The Main Chance Mmrmdith Nicholson CsmMit Ml Tn oiM-HiMiu Com r Am CHAPTBB Till. (Continued.) John turned out the llhiv and while they waited for the elevator to coma up for them Warry Jingled the coins and keys In bis pockets before he blurted: "I eay, John, I'm an underbred, low person, and am not worth to be called thy friend, and you mar bate me all 70" like, but ono Ibini I'd like to know. Did be any anything about me when you passed us thin afternoon make any com ment or. anything? You know I despise myself for asking, but " Bsxton latiahml quietly. ' "Yes, she did; but I don't know that I ought to tell you. It was. really nj couraging. Hhe said, 'Miss Mar rare has a lot of style; don't you think so 7'" "Is that all?'' demanded Karidan, step ping Into the car. 'That's all. It wasn't very much; but It was the way she said It;, and aa she said It she brushed a fly from the horse with ths whip, and abe did It vary care fully." In ths corridor be lorn they met When ton coming out of the stye door of the bank. He had.Jjsen at 'work, be said. Haridan asked him to go" with them to (be club for a game of billiards, but ha' pleaded weariness and aaid ha was folng to bed. , The three men walked np Vnrney street together. They were men of widely dif ferent antecedents and qualities. Cir cumstanrea, In themselves natural and harmless, had brought them together. The Uvea of all three were to bo mfiuenoad by the wsaknesa of one, and one woman's life was- to be profoundly affected by con tact with all of them. It Is not ordained for us to know whether those we touch banda with, and even break broad with, from day to day, are to bring us good or tvll. The el ec trie light reveals nothing In the sibyl's book which was not die dosed of old to those who pondered the mysteries by starlight and rushlight. Whaaton left them at the club door and Went on to The Bachelors', which was only step farther up the street. "How do you hhe Wheaton by 1 this timer' asked Uarldan, aa Uey entered the club. I hardly know how to answer that," Alitor answered. "Ha'a treated me well enough. It seems to me I'm always try ing to find some reason for not liking him, but I can't put my hand an anything tangible." That's ths. way I feel," ssld Rarldan. banging up bla ooat In the billiard room. "Ha'a rigid, soma way. There's no lot-go In him. I guess the law allows us to dlllike some people J sat on general prin ciples, and Jin Ukea himself so wsil that 4 roa and 1 don't a Iter." CHAPTKR IX. After the Interim of quiet that Lent always brings In Clarfcaoe, the spring as me swiftly. There was a renewal of social activities which ran from da ares and teaa Into outdoor gatherings. Kvelyn had enjoyed to lbs full nor experience at homo. Bhe had plunged Into the frivoli ties of the town with a seat that was trios emphasised through her wish to escape any charge of being pedantic or literary. Bhe wae glad that aha bad gone to collets, bat ah did not wieb this fact of her life to be the haunting ghost of her days ; and by ths sod of the winter ThrTelt "last en W pretty "seVTually law It In Jane Mr. Porter began discussing summer plans with Bvelya. He elimi nated himself from them; be could not tet away, ho said. Bit there was Omnt to be considered. The boy waa at school la New Hampshire, and Bvelyr protested that It was not whs to subject him to the Intense beat of a Clarkeoa summer. The first hot wars seat Porter to bed with a trial nt Illness, and his doctor took ths opportunity to look him ever and toll him that It won imperative for him to rest. Thompson came home from Arlsona in spend the summer. He and Wheaton wars certainly equal to ths ears of the bank, S they urged Porter, tad ha anally yielded. Kvetya found hotel an the Massachusetts North 8bor which eoond ed well hi the circulars, and bar falser agreed to It. Whoa they reached Orchard Una he liked It bettor thaa ha had as sorted. Bvery algal be oat dowa with cipher telegrams, and coeetrocted from TWo-peos'e statlatlea ths day's baalasae hi tha bonk. Ho received dally from New Tsrk the cweta esotatioae oa the shares ha was toteveMod Is, and as be waited ths toaa botol verandas be effected a tveaeadtratien at spirit which pat him hack la hk swivel she hi ths Chutes National. la Aagwet Warry BarVlee appeared eaddealy and throw hlamsrf Into ths gals 1 eh eases ate a aMTtaurhL Mr. patter ashed him to aft at their tabs 4 -- rba was Bvatva aaamssd htm. svssj to ths satoat af re as tog away sam Aaoa wtts. aaaas fries da was had a yaoht and was serried hoc at Ret- nasi 1st aaaas. Uerteg ear aassi Wasa-deall aa staas irm abssd place eappyt they won sere "that "that Hiss Porter" was treating him ehabbtly aad their beasts wont out to him. Wnr aulked wbsa Evelyn returned and they d aa Interview between daaces at a Saturday night bop. He sought for recognition as a lover; he bad not praised ths efforts bs bad been making to win her approval by dili gence at bla office ; be took cars to sail ber aireinioo to his chanced habits. "But, Evelyn, I am doing differently. I .know that 'I wasted myself for years so that I'm a kind of joke and every body Isngbs about me. Bat I want to know I want to feel that I'm doing It for yoavl Don't yosr know that woo Id help me and steady ms? Won't yon let It bs for you 7". Ha cams doss to her and stood with hie arms folded, but she drew away from bim with a despairing restore, "Oh, Warry," she cried, wearily, "you poor, foolish boy I Don't you know that you most do all things for yourself?" "Yes," bs returned eagerly. "I know that ; I understand perfectly ; bat If you'd only let ma feel that yoa wanted It " "I want yon to succeed, bet yon will never do It for any one. If yon don't do It for yourself." He went home by an early train next morning to receive Baxtoo's consolation and to turn again to bla law books. Mar grave, on behalf of the Transcontinental, -had offered to compromise the case of ths poor widow whoso clothes lines had been Interfered with; but Ha r I dan reject ed tbia tender. Hs needed something on nl.ick to vent his mad spirits, nnil he gave his thought to devising means of transferring the widow'a cause to the federal conrt. The removal of causes from State to federal courts was, Warry frequently sard, one of the best things be did. Porter's vacation was not altogether wasted, Aa he lounged about and phi losophised to ths Bostonlana on West ern business conditions, hie restless mind took bold of a new project. It was sug gested to hint by the inquiries ft a Bos ton badker, who owned a considerable amount of Clarkson Traction bonds and stock which bs was anxious to sell. Por ter gave a discouraging account of the company, whose history bs knew thor oughly. The Traction Company had been organised In the boom daya and Its stock had been Inflated In keeping with tbe prevailing spirit of" tbe time. It waa first equipped with the cable System In deference to tbe Clarkson bills, but later the company made tbe introduction of the trolley an sxcuas for a reorganisation of lie finances with an even more gen erous Inflation. The panic then dsstind ed sny wrought a diminution of rev enue ; the company waa unable to make the repairs which constantly became nec essary, and tbe local management fell into the handa of a series of corrupt di rectorates. There bad been much litigation, and soma of ths Kastern bondholders had threatened a receivership; but ths local stock solders mads plausible excuses for the default of interest when 'approached amicably, aad when menaced grsw la soleat and promised trouble If an attempt were mads to deprive them of power. A secretary and a treasurer under ons ad ministration had connived to appropriate a large share of the daily cash receipts, and before they left tae office they de stroyed or concealed tbe books and rec ords of tbs company. Tbe effect of this was to create a mystery as to tbs dis tribution of tbe bonds and tbs stock. When Porter cams boms from bla sum mer vacatloa, tbs newspapers were de manding that atepe be taken to declare ths Traction franchise forfeit. But ths (ranch lee bad been renewed lately and had twenty yea re to ran. Take eitenskw bad been procured by tbe element la con trol, and tbs foreign toad bo Me re. bidiag tbelrTTme," wets glad to avail themselves of the political skill of tbs local oaVers. Porter bad beea casually naked by km Boat os friend whether there was any lo cal market for the stork or hoods; and hs had answered that there was sot; that tbs holders of shares la Clark son kept what tasy had because they cos Id no looser sell to ons another and that they were only waiting for the larger on laid bondholders and shareholders to assert themselves. Porter had ridden dowa to ftostoa wtttr M brother banket and when tasy parted it was with aa understand ing that ths Bostoaian was to collect for Porter ths Otsrhaoa Traction erruritlea that wars held by New Ikigland banks, considerable amount. Porter . knsw ; and bo wont horns with a well-formed plan of baying tbs caatrol af tbs com pany. Times were improving aad be had faith hi Clarkeon'a future: be did sot believe la It as noisily as TumoUy Margrave did: bat be haew tbs resources of ths tributary country, and bs had, what all aurcaasfal business maa taast ha vs. aa alert Imagination. It was aot aoriassry for Porter to dis close ths fart of his Swrckases to tbe oaVers of tha Tractioa Company, whom hs knew to bs corrept and vicious t tbe transfer of ownership oa ths esaapaoy'a hooka mads no difference, as tbs arigisal stock books had beea destroyed- tact which had become nubile property through legal effort to levy oa ths bovdtaga sf a shank nlihr hi tbs later af a creditor. Moreover. If ha coo Id bste It, Porter never told any asm asoat aaythlag hs did. Hs even had aeveral dummies m whose aataai be fresseatly bent sees rtt lee and real estate. Oas af these waa Peak ham. a clerk ha tha ease af ewtoa, Porters to wyes. . - CHAPTER X. Wheaton had as km beea aa Sartor af ths hank borers ha beams to ha aware thai tbsrs was tueetoirabw aaystory abss FWari sates de tsaaaattiaaa. Pas. tor aesastoaalto asrasat wish mash to toraat sssaral email .aasraaamsi books watob as ban sarafally Iseasd to has ansb. Taa srwiwit sitaa wvats letters with bhl own hand asm eswasd thorn khs- hsasa, hia gaiiim book. Wboatoa was as si rally cartons aa to What theaa outside interests might bo at had piqued, bim te tad thst while hs was cashier sf the band he waa not con sulted la Its lasyer transactions; and that of Porter1, ptrsonal affairs be knew nothing. One afternoon shortly after Porter's re turn from tbs Bast, Wheaton, who was waiting for-some letters to sign, picked up a bundle of checks from tbe desh of one of the individual bookkeepers. They were Porter's personal checks which bad that day been paid end were now being charged to his private account. Wheaton tnrned them over mechanically ; It was not very long aJne he bad been an indi vidual bookkeeper himself: he had en ured Innumerable checks bearing Parlor's name without giving tbem a thought Aa tbs slips of paper passed through his An gara, he accounted for tbem In oas way or aootbst and ant thrm back on tha desk, face down, as a man always does who has been trained as a bank clerk. Ths last of them he held and atudled. It wns a check made payable to Pock ham, Fenton's clerk. The amount " fU.9U0.00 too Urge to be accounted for as a payment for services ; for 1'eckham was aa elderly failure at the law who ran errands to ths courts for Fenton and sometimes took charge of small collection matters for tbe bank. A few days later, in tbe course of busl nesa, be asked Porter what disposition ha should make of an application for a loan from a country customer. Porter rang for tha past comspondencs with their client, and threw several lettsra to Wheats for his Information. Wheaton read them aad called the stenographer to dictate tbe answer which Porter had la dlcated should- be made: He held the client's last letter in his hand, and In concluding turned It over into ths wire basket which stood on hia desk. Aa it fell face downwards his eye caught soma figures on tbs back, and he picked It up thinking thst they roMi relate to the letter Ths msmorandum waa la Por ters targef amoves hat(d and read : -':-,. r, ; -er.-803 '. 83 i. 009 MO Ths result sf the multiplication was Identical with las amount of Peck ham's check. Agala the figures held Ms atten tion. Local ascarlties were quoted daily In tbs newspapers, and he examined tbe list for that day. There waa do quota tion sf thirty-three on anything; the nearest approach was Clark eon Traction Company at thirty-Are. Ths check which had interested htm had been dated .three din before, and be looked hack to the notation I lot for that date. -Tractloa-f waa given at tblrty-tkree. Wheaton waa pleased by tbs discovery: It was a fair assumption that Porter waa buying shares of Clarkson Tractioa: be woo id hardly bs buying foreign securities through Feck ham. The Stork bad advanced two point since it had been purchased, and this, too, was Wterfetoe Clearly. Por ter knew what s was about bs bad a repots tioa for avowing; and If Clarkson Tractioa was a good thing for tbs presi dent to nick ap suletly, why was It aot a good thing for ths caabferl He waited Av Traptlnn west to thlrtv-alx. Then bs called after banking boors at tbe of fice of a real estate dealer who aleo dealt la local stocks and bonds on a email rale. He chose tbia maa because bs waa pot a customer sf tbs bank, and bad never bad any traaaartlsns with tbe bank or wltk Porter, so far aa Wheaton knew. Hit name waa Burton, and hs welcomed Wheaton osrdlally.f Hs wss alone la hia sOca, and a flat aa Interchange sf courtesies, Wheaton came directly to the point of bla errand. "Soma friends of miss la ths country own a samll amount af Tractioa stock; they'vs written ms to gnd oat what Hs prospects are. Of course is tbs bank wa know la a general way about It, bat I suppose yoa handle sach things aad I want to get good advice for my friends.'' "Well, the truth W said Burton, nat tered by this appeal, "tbs bottom wss pretty well gone oat af It. hot it's spruc ing ap a Ik tie just bow. It tbs char tor's knocked out H is only worth ss rlsbt wools set boM of It tbs nswspa- pers will tot up. aad there's a big thing la U. How much da yosr friends own!" "1 don't know exactly." said Wheaton, evenly; "I think not a groat deal. Who are baying Just sow? 1 notice that It baa beea advancing foe aeveral daya. some aoo seems to ho torctof np tbs pries." - "Nobody hi psKicstsr. that to. aeaoay that 1 know of. I asked Billy Baroea, tbs secretary, tbs-stbsr day what wss enlns aw. lis must kaow who ths os rt I fi end gave ate the tough. Ton kaow Barnes, lis don't osaga ap very easy; sad he looks wise whoa as doesn't kaow aaythlag.- . "No; Barnes has tbs reputation of be ing pretty close-Mibed,' resiled Wbsa tan. "If year friends want to aril, bring to ths shares aad I'll ses what I earn da wltk tbem." saM Barton. Tbs satsM m ara ears to act soon. This spurt right h uikiaer lack sf at. Tbs lawn's fall sf gossip about tbs company and II smrht to asad tbs pries down. t rrUad hnri a. smooth ons. He waa la sacs, a bang tlms ago, bat to hasw wbsa to set amt aU right' Wbsa tan toughed with Burton at thto tftbato to Porters sagacity, ken hs toaghsd dfcserestty. He dM wet forget that as was a bask omcer- sad digs aa ea-wstlal in tbe hi hues, as bs Ts ks QSattooed.) Ommiimiii of wan ta Moat Tort crto at paying aaowt 11 par ssmt assew far than food laaat taaw sM onto ponr Ctoom stay mtaoktasv Yba alios of tlmbara used la this design for a hay stacker vary from S Ineasa by i IncBss to 4 Inchss try inchss. Ths bottom plsesa maxksd 1 ara 11 fsst long and 4 Inchss try I inohea. tbs slds uprbjhts ara 14 fsof long; ths cross pises 6 to 18 fsst of a-lnch by b-lBco (; No. t Is I Incase by I Inohea, and to bevsllsd oa the front edga io allow the hay to lids over It saally, when bslng ahorsd oa by Uw sweep. No. It to I foot by 1 Inches by 4 Inchss, with tha blghsr sad t fsst abovs tbs ground, 00 that when ths Blacker to on too ground tha wslgbt box No. 14 will bs about Inches from too two pulleys om ths upper and of No. IS. Tha rops for raisins; ths stacksr should bo olthor each or Inch and a quarter. Tha testh on ths stacker can bo mads of 1-inch by 4-Inch plno scantling 10 foot long and bsvollod oa tho nppwr slds to allow ths bay to sllds anally. Tha abort .upright tooth on tbs Black er head should bs about 4 tost long. Thoy .ara bolted to the long tooth sbouV 1 Inches from tho atacksr head Noll and net against ths stacks head No. 4. Tho stacker anna No. 4 should bo bolted to No. S with a Urge bolt about 12 Inches from tbs ground. CUwa rarsstws; rroOt.nlo. Honest, now, don't you like to ass a farm kept clean of all an necessary trash and the Aside clean of woods? U really adds to tho worth of tha farm. In ths eyas of tho maa passing by It to a better farm thaa the ons bsslds it of squaj soil, though weed grown and brushy. A great many folks pay BO atten tion to tho roadsides. Where a bodge la the outside fanes, wo have asen hedge brush grow from roots that had bean expossd by road grading, until travel had actually been turned to the opposite because of It This doesn't apeak vary well for tho cars fulness of the fanner. Of oourss there la always as much to do on a farm that soma of It never goto dons any ons who' has fanned for as short n tlms aa one year knows tbia but the time required to do a little cleaning np to really shorter thaa a busy man believe).- It to getting started at ths work, that eomeo hardest. Tho sxenas of tho maa who does aot haws a eleaa- looklng farm to usually that bo doss not oars about selling, and It to worth as mnch to him that way as any. Hs does not fljrurs la anything for aatto- fsctloa. rarmsrs Hall and Express. Saw as Caw g 1nm. A rraat man horses are laid ap every summer with tort ahouldsra. Tbls can bs remedied In n very large measure with sen as and ears. A good boras collar to tho mala part of tho harness and It should bo of 1 in) beat kind and 01 Jfes snJsaal'a neck perfectly. Tbs collar should bo kept clean at all times and tho horse's shoulders ws washed and breehed dally. Mnch dost and- dirt arias ta the fislda and en tho roads during the warm tsasoa, and thto to caught and held on ths moist and sweaty shoal. dors aad collar, there to tana hard lumps and rldgea. very time tho sol tar to put oa tho boras ft should bo examined for those ridges aad lumps. . If any ara foand they should bs onrefslly brushed aad rubbed awap. After each day's work, ssperfally ta warm waatbsr, hatha and eleaa the shoulders with a mixture af water, salt and soda. Hot water to ono of the bast known nataml agsnta for roltortag torment. Btttsr milk may srtaiaato from two snare as. Tho first source to iepsndant upon tha caw. while tha stesnd to dws to the growth of bacteria la the milk after It has beea drawn. Tha differ east bacwoea these two clam as af bit ter milk to that taa Brat has a etdsdly arid toots wham freshly drawn. whOe the ess aad eleaa to sweet wh taken from tbs sow. bad the kttttratea oeeara after staadhng far a abort thaa aad teeewaaeo to totoaadty. Blttor mllk whoa prodwosd ta tho adder asay raoaM from improper toedls with each af oas Colorado berke as hsalaea. ami tha ttha, or with I raw ajwadlah tnrniD. cabtjaiaa, 'Ota. Bitter milk may bs observed during) tho tost stags of lactation and has foe lowed the la fact! on of duets with bao tarto which act on tho protolda as an eaayme, eon verting thorn lata peptones aad other products ta which tho bis ter taste to probably due.- Jnsia ana Farm. " A Vawffal atrd. A family of barn owls will number , from three to sevsn birds. It Is diffi cult to believe what a lot .of vermin and rodents a family of owl will eon- sums. An old owl will capture aa much . or more food than a 1 dossa eats la a night. Tho owlets are always hungry. They wlU sat their weight la food . orsry night and more If they ean get It A east It oa record la which a half grown owl was given all ths mloo- It could sat It swallowed sight ono right after another. Ths ninth fol lowed all but tho toil, which for tome time hung, out of tho blrd'a month. : Tho sapid digestion of bird of prey to shown by the fact that la three - hours tha Uttls glutton waa ready for a second meal and swallowed four more mice. If this can bs done by a - single bird what affect must a whole family of owls have on tho rodents of n community T Pwsw Wases few OemdosmeiHem. In tho big desert of Chill there ta a considerable amount of brackish water, but no water that either human -alnga or stock can drink. Science, however, saya tha Los Angeles Times, has corns to the aid of thit rainiest section of tha sountir tn tho form of an ingenious dossrt waterworks, oon elating of n series of frames con taining 10,000 SQuars foot of glass. Tha panes of glass are arranged te the- shape of a V, and under each pane to a shallow pan containing brackish water. The heat of the nun evaporataa tbe water, which condenses upon tho sloping glaaa, and, made pure-by this operation. It runt down Into little channels at tho bottom of the V and to carried away Into tha mala canal. Nearly A thousand gal lons of fresh water to collected dally by thto means. ! af la an article on bees and ants try " Qaaton Bonwor In the Revue Heb domadal re tbe writer contends that ' tbsss bisects carry on conversation among themselves and that while this to dons by means of their feelers, thoy are not entirely dependent upon tbem. "A whole colony," saya Mr. Bouwer, -"la aa an thou as or a beehive often responds Instantaneously -to a signal 1 which may have been given without contact. It to Interesting to ses aa ant laborer for whom a burden to toe heavy go to a fellow, make a sign or giro a certeiBteuch.witk abi feeler. and then ess tbe second insect John the first la lifting or moving the ob Jscf , Moral! Respect ths feelings af horses aad protect them freea aiesvFurm. Buck and Home. After a aow has outlived tho period of greatest usefulness, ft to best bs fill her piano with another, aad tha beet way we fad to gat rid af bar to ta dtopoos of her from gram ' if a calf to by her tide, the two are saaav ally told together, and ths time of selling to at ouch Urns oa the grass fat shown to the greatest advantage. Whoa eora was lower ta price thaa II to now It paid W corn feed aging oowe. hat aow It does aot store caa he as cured from ths eora by patttng hi tote steers aad totting the old oswa hja with what frees fat they wM osrry. and Drains. There are three nmmna math nan of grwwtag strawberries ta hills, la aar row matted rows or ba wide maWsd rows. Wo prefer tho at asad methed. Arraaa the first strong; runners by band, apadng tbem properly aad as caring each one to atosa with a Itttle soil or a email stone. Then, waem sack tww to fall, eat off the addt MoaaJ rannees that awy grew. Keep tha grwaad) hood and saltlvated natal tela tela. The unless row ahaeJd amt as widar lhaa 14 at la lanbaa If Tauuasm Wesw ate v 00 00 d. ' - 1